Display rack for cloth



Sept. 9, 1952 w. M. DAAINES DISPLAY RACK FOR CLOTH Filed Oct. 6, 1949 7 INVENTOR. Wu. 1. mm M. Dfi//VES Patented Sept. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY BACK FOR CLOTH William M. Dailies, Logan, Utah Application October 6, 1949, Serial No. 119,921

2 Claims.

The object or the invention is to provide a rack for the display of cloth in the bolt with the bolts so arranged that the entire stock is at once observable to the prospective purchaser; to provide a display rack composed of multiple sections which are relatively movable, so that access to the cloth on any beam may be readily had without disturbance to the others; to provide a cloth display rack on which the bolts of cloth may be readily mounted thus making for the quick replacement of an empty beam with a, new bolt; and generally to provide a structure of the kind indicated which is susceptible of cheap manufacture, which is unlikely to fail though subjected to rough usage, and which may be readily repaired in the event of breakage of anyof its parts.

With this object in view, the invention consists in combination and assocation of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view;

Figure 4 is a detail elevational view of a lower corner of the frame; and

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

The rack comprises fixed and movable gates iii and I I of which the former are innermost and of the greatest Width and the latter are of progressively reduced widths with the widest next to the fixed gates and the narrowest outermost. By this expedient, the gates appear in successive overlapping relation, so that the bolts of cloth which they carry may, in their entirety, be readily observed.

The gates are carried by a frame l2 from which the fixed gates extend at right angles while the movable gates have swinging connections therewith. The frame as well as the gates is made from tubular stock and consists of a floor rail l3, uprights I4 and cap piece i5, the uprights being terminally united with the floor rail by welded mitre joints, as at It, while the cap piece which is cross-sectionally angular has one of its flanges resting on the upper ends of the uprights Where butt welds are made, as at H. A diagonal brace of flat stock spans the frame at the back, being terminally welded at one of the lower joints l6 and at the diagonally opposite upper joint H.

The gates, except for shape, are of similar form to the frame, each consisting of the pivoted and free legs l9 and 26 and the upper and lower 2 rails 21 and 22, the rails being butt welded to the legs, the one a short distance below the upper ends and the other an appreciable distance above the lower ends.

The pivoted leg I9 of each gate is provided with a series of spaced horizontal posts 23 projecting toward the free leg 20 while the latter is provided with a corresponding number of pins 24 each of which projects toward and is axially aligned with one of the posts 23. The pins are frictionally held in the free leg, passing diametrically through the same in holes formed. therein. The pins are headed to make for manual withdrawal and insertion, as when a bolt of cloth, as indicated at 25, is to be applied, the withdrawal of a pin making it possible to slide the tubular beam of the cloth over the proper post after which the insertion of the pin into the opposite end of the beam leaves it pivotally supported for the ready unreeling of the contained cloth. The posts 23 are of the same tubular stock of which the gates are formed and are united to the pivoted leg by welding.

The pivoted 0r swinging mountings for the gates consist of tubular stub posts 2G welded to and uniformly spaced along the floor rail [3. These posts project upwardly, lie in the same plane as the uprights l4, and are of small enough diameter to enter the lower ends of the legs l9 thus providing for turning movement of the legs thereon. At the upper ends the pivotal mountings are composed of threaded bosses 21 (preferably nuts) welded on the uppermost posts 23 and bolts 28 passing through body holes in the cap piece I5 in axial alignment with the posts 26 and threading into the bosses. This construction makes for the ready removal of a gate from the frame when replacement or repair is necessary; the simple removal of the bolt 28 allows the gate to drop out from the obstructing position of the cap piece when it may be lifted off the post 26.

Since the gates H' are to swing, freedom of movement of the outer ends or legs 20 is provided in the form of rolls 29 rotating on studs 30 screwed into the legs at their lower ends, these rolls resisting the bending stress imposed on the gates by the weight of the contained cloth.

As the gates in are to remain stationary in the use of the device, a foot piece 3! is connected with the legs 20 at their lower ends to take the downward thrust thereat. The foot piece may be a short piece of tubing welded to the legs or it may be separate from the legs and provided with stub posts (like that at 26) entering the lower ends. If this last, it is preferable to fasten the foot piece to the floor.

A rack constructed as above described provides for containing a large stock of bolt goods in small compass, yet with the cloth of any bolt at once observable because of the progressively reduced width of succeeding gates. And having all but the center gates swingable, access to any bolt of cloth for unreeling is made possible.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A display rack for cloth in the bolt comprising a frame, a fixed gate normal to the frame and movable gates having swinging or hinged connections with the frame and normally paralleling the fixed gate, the gates being of progressively increasing breadth, with that of the-fixed gate the greatest, each gate having means for supporting in superposed relation a plurality of bolts of cloth, the breadth of each gate exceeding that of "the'gatein front of it by a material amount, so th-atwhenthe gates are in parallel relation the ends of-alLthe contained. bolts of cloth will be readily observable, thefixed gate and framerhaving floor-bearing feet so that the whole will be sustained at'three-bearing points, and the swinginggates having anti-friction floorbearing; means atthe: ends remote from the frame, so that the gates may be swung outwardly to give access toany boltof cloth for unrolling and severing a portion thereof.

2. A display rack-for; cloth in the bolt'comprising a frame, a fiXed'gate normal to theframe and a movable gateswhaving swinging or hinged connections-with the frame and normally paralleling the-fixed. gate, the gates being of progressivelyincreasingsbreadth, with that of the fixed 4 ate the greatest, each gate having means for supporting in superposed relation a plurality of bolts of cloth, the breadth of each gate exceeding that of the gate in front of it by a material amount, so that when the gates are in parallel relation the ends of all the contained bolts of cloth will be readily observable, the fixed gate and frame having floor-bearing feet so that the whole will be sustained at three-bearing points, and the swinging gates having anti-friction floorbearing means at theends remote from the frame, so that the gates may be swung outwardly to" give access to any bolt of cloth for unrolling and serving a portion thereof, the bolt-supporting means consisting of fixed posts at those edges of the gates: adjacent the frame and movable posts atthe opposite edges, so that bolts of cloth may be mounted on or removed from the frame merely by removing the movable posts.

WILLIAM M. DAINES.

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